Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-007

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Silvio O. Conte

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 4:24 PM–4:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-007 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:02:18–00:03:00)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:24 PMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:31 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon follows up with the White House operator to determine the current status of an outgoing call to Congressman Silvio O. Conte. The operator acknowledges the request and immediately initiates a check on the connection's progress. No further developments are recorded as the President awaits confirmation of the legislative contact.

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Operator, do you have a report on that call to Congressman Conte?
I'll check, sir.
Yeah.

NARA Description

On November 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-7

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 300-42]

     Status of call to Silvio O. Conte

Also recorded on November 9, 1971

  • 014-006 4:24 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:24 pm.
  • 300-040 4:24 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:24 pm.
  • 300-041 4:24 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-042 4:24 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-043 4:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 014-008 4:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Silvio O. Conte talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 300-044 4:31 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Silvio O. Conte met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 300-045 4:36 PM · 29 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-007, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-007 (accessed September 30, 2026).